Nail trimmer



1. J. JOLIDON NAIL TRIMMER Filed Sept.

June 9, 1931.

Patented June 9, 1931 UNETED STATES CHARLES J. JOLIDON, OF HARTFORD,CONNECTICUT NAIL TRIMMER Application filed September 15, 1928. SerialNo. 306,169.

My invention relates to the class of devices employed for manicuringpurposes in clipping and trimming the nails, and an object of myinvention, among others, is the production of a device of this classthat shall be simple in construction and particularly eflicient andconvenient to use.

One form of a nail trimmer embodying my invention and in theconstruction and use 10 of which the objects herein set out, as well asothers, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side of my improved trimmer.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same.

Figure 3 is a bottom view thereof.

Figure 4c is a view in central lengthwise section crosswise of thepivot.

Figure 5 is an isometric view of the oute member.

Figure 6 is a similar view of the inner member.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 10 denotes the outer generallychannel shaped member of my improved trimmer, and 11 the similarlyshaped inner member thereof. These are formed to create a box likestructure at the front end so that nail clippings will be caught withinthis box or receptacle and thus prevented from flying away from thetrimmer when in use. To this end the outer member 10 has sides 12 and abottom 13 with a jaw 14L connecting said sides at the upper endsthereof, thereby forming a head with an opening 15 at its a handle 16having sides 17 with beveled file a washer 24 secured on the stud toprovide for friction to hold the nail cleaner against freedom ofmovement.

The member 11 has a head comprising sides front end. This member is alsoextended into 25, a. jaw 26 and a bottom 27 formed as a box-likestructure, as in the case of the other member hereinbefore described.This head is of a size to fit within the head 28 on the member 10, andas shown in Figures 1 and I of the drawings. The jaws l4: and 26 aresharpened and are relatively positioned to 7 thrust the handles and alsothe jaws 14. and 26apart when not held by engagement of the catch withthe stud.

The head of the member 11 is located with-v in the head of the member10, when the parts are assembled, and said heads are pivotally connectedas by a pivot 34: in a manner that will be readily understood and whenso connected a box or receptacle is formed by the head and comprising acompartment within which nail clippings will be caught and which will,therefore, be prevented from flying ofi. f I The cleaner 21, or the headof the stud 22 when separately formed from the cleaner, is provided witha recess 36 that is roughened to provide an abrading surface for thepurpose of filing the nails, and the head 37 of the catch 32 is alsoroughened for a like purpose.

It will be noted that the beveled file edges 18, when the handles areclosed together, form a groove within which finger nails may bgf readilyand conveniently filed or smoothed o In accordance with the provisionsof the patent statutes I have described the principles of ope-ration ofmy invention, together with the device which I now consider to representthe best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that thedevice shown is only illustrative and that the inspring 33 mounted, asshown in Figure 4, to

vention may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other thanthose above set out.

I claim:

1. A nail trimmer including two members pivotally united and eachcomprising a head having registering and overlapping side closing Wallsand bottom walls forming a compartment to receive clippings, saidmembers also including handles havin registering closing side walls toform ahollow extension from said compartment and crossed cutting jawslocated in cooperative cutting relation on each of said heads.

2. A nail trimmer including two channel shaped members each having atone end a transversely extending cutting aw arranged at right angles toand disconnected from the bottom wall of the channel, means forpivotally uniting said members, means for forcing the cutting jawstowards each other, said members having cooperating portions forming ahollow handle, a stud projecting inwardly from the bottom of one of saidhandles and having a notch, and a catch slidably mounted on the otherhandle to engage said notch.

3. A nail trimmer including two channel shaped members pivotally unitedand having cooperatively acting transverse cutting jaws supported solelyat their ends on the side walls of the members, handles cooperativelyarranged on said members, a stud projecting from one handle towards theother, and a catch movably mounted on the other handle to engage saidstud to lock the handles against opening movement.

4. A nail trimmer comprising two memhere including handle portions andheads in the ends thereof, each head being open on one side and having aband formed by a slot extending across the end, said bands formingcutting jaws, and means for pivotally connecting said members one withinthe other.

5. A nail trimmer comprising two channel shaped members each including ahandle portion and a head at one end of each handle portion, each headcomprising side parts with a band curved lengthwise extending across theend of the head between the side parts, said bands bounding slotsextending across the ends of the heads, and means for securing saidheads together one within the other.

CHARLES J. JOLIDON.

